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3
Total Citations
13
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3
About
Serge Monchaud is a pioneering figure in mobile robotics, with foundational contributions to sensor-based navigation and autonomous vehicle localization. His research focuses on range-finding techniques, ultrasonic and color sensing, and the absolute positioning of robots in unstructured environments—critical challenges for third-generation robots operating in hazardous settings. Monchaud’s most cited work, “Contribution to Range Finding Techniques for Third Generation Robots” (1986, 7 citations), advances laser-based triangulation for mapping cylindrical polyhedral worlds, enabling robots to determine their location by matching range data to environmental edges. In “Location Of A Vehicle With A Laser Range Finder” (1984, 3 citations), he demonstrates how absolute localization enhances autonomy in hostile environments. Earlier, in “Mobile robot turns to colour sensing” (1982, 3 citations), Monchaud integrated a simple ultrasonic sensor with a color-sensing system on the VESA mobile robot at the French National Institute of Applied Science (INSA) in Rennes, allowing the robot to distinguish obstacle configurations and measure distances. Though his citation counts are modest, Monchaud’s work represents early, practical steps toward sensor fusion and real-world robot autonomy, laying groundwork for later advances in field robotics.
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- 1Contribution to Range Finding Techniques for Third Generation Robots7 citations · 1986
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- 3Mobile robot turns to colour sensing3 citations · 1982